KENT – A channel of open water has opened up on the Housatonic River and the Kent ice jam is slowly melting, but part of it remains in place. First Selectman Bruce K. Adams said Wednesday afternoon that the civil…

KENT – The hardest part was not blinking as the camera looked into his eyes, Kent Center School student Dominick DeLonge told his friend Tyler Strid. “You have to stare at the camera,” he said. “There’s lights on it. Actually,…

KENT – An electrical fire in a boiler at the South Kent Post office building did not prevent carriers from getting the mail out to customers on Saturday. Kent Volunteer Fire Department responded to the post office at 314 South…

TORRINGTON – The Torrington Area Health District inspected the establishments listed below between Jan. 16 and Jan. 19. A minimum score of 80 is required to pass. “Pre” means the operation was inspected at its opening, after a change of…

KENT – Kent firefighters extinguished a kitchen fire at Wasabi Restaurant on Saturday afternoon within 35 minutes of being dispatched. Kent Volunteer Fire Department Chief Alan T. Gawel said there was an “active fire” in the grill area of the…

KENT – One week after the flooding and flash freeze on the Housatonic River created an ice jam, warmer temperatures caused melting Saturday on some parts of the river. However, the mile-long ice jam remains. The National Weather Service office…

TORRINGTON – The Torrington Area Health District inspected the establishments listed below between Jan. 8 and Jan. 12. A minimum score of 80 is required to pass. “Pre” means the operation was inspected at its opening, after a change of…

KENT – The Kent Streetscape Committee is considering what new sidewalks should be constructed from and what they should look like, and will hold a special meeting today at 9 a.m. to view what other communities have done. The town…

KENT – Sightseers and out-of-town visitors are still flocking to see Kent’s ice jam – a mile-long block of ice on the Housatonic River that continued to show no signs of movement on Friday. Frank and Miok Lipke traveled to…